# Globalization

Photograph of globe showing Africa. (Image courtesy of Daniel Bersak.)

### Instructor(s)

Prof. Suzanne Berger

### MIT Course Number

17.196 / 17.195

### As Taught In

Fall 2005

### Level

Undergraduate / Graduate

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Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Assignments: written (no examples)

## Course Highlights

This course features essay assignments as well as extensive reading questions, located in the study materials section.

## Course Description

This seminar explores changes in the international economy and their effects on domestic politics, economy, and society. Is globalization really a new phenomenon? Is it irreversible? What are effects on wages and inequality, on social safety nets, on production, and innovation? How does it affect relations between developed countries and developing countries? How globalization affects democracy? These are some of the key issues that will be examined.

## Other Versions

## Other OCW Versions

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- 17.196 Globalization (Fall 2002)

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- Economics > International Economics
- Economics > Political Economy
- Sociology > Social Justice

Suzanne Berger. 17.196 Globalization. Fall 2005. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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